JJ Rosen [Atiba] deciphered 11 terms of business jargon that could lead to confusion in his Tennessean column.

Awards/Professional Recognition
The Tennessean announced the following EO Nashville companies as “Nashville’s Top Workplaces” for 2016:

Concept Technology Inc. [James Fields]

DSi [Tom Turner]

Paradigm Group [Bob Levy]

Vaco [Jerry Bostelman]

Bone McAllester Norton [Charles Robert Bone]

NovaCopy [Darren Metz]

The Nashville Business Journal announced the following EO Nashville members as “Power Leaders in Commercial Real Estate” for 2016:

Barry Smith [Eakin Partners] and three other employees at Eakin Partners

Two employees at Smith Gee Studio [Robert Gee]

An employee at Civil Site Design Group [Kevin Gangaware]

The Nashville Business Journal ranked Concept Technology Inc. [James Fields] as no. 15 on its list of IT employers ranked by number of IT employees.

In the News
The Tennessean mentioned Bongo Java [Bob Bernstein] as the host for the Nashville Improv Comedy Show in an article listing things to do in Nashville during the July Fourth weekend.

The Tennessean mentioned Jackson Miller [L2M LLC] in an article about a school board forum.

A Bone McAllester Norton [Charles Robert Bone] employee was quoted in a Tennessean article about employees needing a reason to stay at a job. The Nashville Post mentioned that two attorneys at Bone McAllester Norton are representing a client in a lawsuit against the Nashville Predators.

The Murfreesboro Post featured the winner of Launch Tennessee’s [Charlie Brock] University Venture Challenge. Launch Tennessee was praised in a Tennessean op-ed article for helping companies grow and develop in Tennessee.

The Nashville Scene reported that a Two Ten Jack [Patrick Burke] chef competed in the Foodbank Throwdown.

A listing agent with Village Real Estate Services [Mark Deutschmann] was quoted in the Nashville Ledger about the Sylvan Summit development.

The Nashville Post mentioned Smith Gee Studio [Robert Gee] as handling design work and land planning with the Envision Cayce project in East Nashville.